Category: Food

Continuing the tradition of rediscovering and reinventing all the cookies that my grandmothers made here’s one of my favorites. She called them ‘biscottines’ which I think really just meant ‘drop cookie’. It’s a classic Italian anise flavored cookie. Simple, light…

This recipe has been in my family almost as long as I’ve been alive. My mom started making them at Christmas when I was a little kid. It’s a drop cookie that’s rolled in nuts with a little depression, made…

This recipe has been in my family almost as long as I’ve been alive. My mom started making them at Christmas when I was a little kid. It’s a drop cookie that is rolled in nuts with a little depression,…

I started using this recipe a long time ago before all the healthy “Earth Balance” type shortenings became available. I still think a crust that has a mixture of butter and shortening is the best but this recipe’s simplicity in…